Félix Vallotton

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Félix Vallotton
1865-1925
Five O' Clock
1900
Pen and brush and black ink over graphite.
10 3/8 x 7 15/16 inches (264 x 202 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.265
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Monogrammed at lower right, in ink and graphite, "FV"; inscribed on verso, at upper left, in graphite, "6772 C" and "L. G. 211"; at lower center: "16.5 x 12.5 cm"; and at lower left: "942 photo P.V.".

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The artist; by inheritance to his brother Paul Vallotton (1864-1936), Lausanne; his estate; sold to Galérie Paul Vallotton SA, Lausanne, in 1980; sale, Sotheby's, Zurich, 4 June 1997, lot 151; private collection, Switzerland; from which acquired by Eugene V. Thaw through David Lachenmann, Zurich, in 2006.
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